26 Part 2 Flashcards

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1
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A beginner

A

Un débutant

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2
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To start - the start

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Débuter - le debut

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3
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The onset / the outset

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Le debut

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4
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Originally

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Initialement

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5
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To attend - to see to sth

A

S’occuper de qqch

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6
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To undertake sth

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Entreprendre qqch

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7
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To set about doing sth

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Entreprendre de faire qqch

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8
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To take sth up

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Se mettre à qqch

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9
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To go in for sth

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S’adonner à qqch

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10
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To take over from sby

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Prendre le relais de qqn

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11
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To fail to do sth

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Ne pas parvenir à faire qqch

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12
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Failure

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Un échec - l’échec

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13
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To avoid doing sth

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Éviter de faire qqch

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14
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Avoidable - unavoidable

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Évitable - inevitable

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15
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Unavoidably

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Inévitablement

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16
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To shun sth

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Éviter qqch

17
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To jeopardize sth

A

Compromettre qqch

18
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A fiasco - a washout

A

Un fiasco - un bide

19
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To be mistaken - to err

A

Se tromper

20
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To misuse sth

A

Mal utiliser qqch

21
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To drop out sth -to withdraw from sth

A

Se retirer de qqch

22
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To back out of sth

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Se dédire

23
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To give sth up - to give up doing sth

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Renoncer a qqch -renoncer à faire qqch

24
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A disadvantage

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Un désavantage

25
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To get worse

A

Empirer

26
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A setback

A

Un revers